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What maintains corpus luteum for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy? What happens then?

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fr 1st 12 wks, preg is maintained by corpus luteum (estrogen and progersterone secreted under the influence of HCG frm syncytiotrophoblast)
afterwards , placenta takes over and secretes these hormones

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